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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Queen Consort.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title did Marie Antoinette father hold?
(a) Duke.
(b) King.
(c) Emperor.
(d) He held no title.

2. Which of the following adjectives best described Antoinette when she was in the room with a foreign ambassador?
(a) Comical.
(b) Kind.
(c) Dignified.
(d) Confused.

3. Which of the following groups of people did Antoinette most like to spend her time with before leaving to join her husband?
(a) Children.
(b) The elderly.
(c) Girls her own age.
(d) No one, she preferred to be alone.

4. How many siblings-in-law did Antoinette inherit when she married Louis XVI?
(a) Seven.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

5. What was Prince Luis de Rohan well known for at the time of Antoinette's arrival in France?
(a) Womanizing.
(b) All of these answers are true.
(c) Gossiping.
(d) Gambling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness kept Antoinette away from her newborn baby just weeks after it was born?

2. How many years into Antoinette's marriage did it take for her to produce a male heir to the throne?

3. Whom did Louis use as his confidant regarding his sexual shortcomings with Antoinette?

4. What was Marie Antoinette's nickname upon birth?

5. Which of the following fashion trends was popular when Antoinette arrived in the French court?

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